הוא לא גר כאן.

he

Breakdown of הוא לא גר כאן.

• כאן: here
• לא: not
• לגור: to live

Questions & Answers about הוא לא גר כאן.

How do you pronounce הוא לא גר כאן?

A common pronunciation is:

hu lo gar kan

A more natural, connected pronunciation may sound like:

hu lo gar kan
with hu = hoo, lo = loh, gar = like gahr, and kan = like kahn.

A few notes:

• הוא = hu (hoo)
• לא = lo
• גר = gar
• כאן = kan

Modern Hebrew pronunciation is usually stress-final in words like כאן and גר is a one-syllable word.

What does each word do in the sentence?

Word by word:

• הוא = he
• לא = not
• גר = lives
• כאן = here

So the structure is:

he + not + lives + here

Even though the English translation uses doesn't live, Hebrew does not need a separate word for does here.

Why isn’t there a word for does or doesn’t in the Hebrew sentence?